Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann
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Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann
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Lecturer (Assistant Prof) in US Foreign Policy, Queen Mary University of London. Out now: The Politics of Antagonism (Routledge, 2024). Researches Security/Narratives/Identity/Populism
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/loefflmanngeorg.html
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How did populist narratives mobilize Trump voters and enable 'America First'? The Politics of Antagonism argues that populist rhetoric primarily appeals to voters' insecurities and emotions, remaking the concepts of 'Us' and 'Them' in the process:
routledge.com/The-Politics-o…
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Literally did the meme lol
December 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan
Rightwing attacks on one of the world’s most visited cities at odds with reality, says mayor
www.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Friends! For the next 22 hours, Disco Elysium is free to grab in the Epic Games store. I bought it earlier this year (for a discount, but not a 100% one like today) and enjoyed it tremendously, as expected. It might even have found its way into my new book, out in May.

Be sure to grab the game!
December 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Fühle:
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
LET’S CARVE THAT TURKEY!
December 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Gobble, gobble. 🦃
December 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Merry Xmas everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Bon appetit.
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Weihnachten kann kommen.
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Damit würde man aber auch der Trump Administration eine Steilvorlage liefern sich ganz aus der NATO zurückziehen, weil jede europäische Alternative automatisch als Konkurrenz zur USA gesehen würde. Die Devise bisher scheint eher zu sein, die Amerikaner soweit es geht bei der Stange zu halten.
Soweit ich weiß, arbeitet niemand in der Bundesregierung an Plan B, C und D zur NATO. Ich finde das ziemlich beunruhigend. Merz brüstet sich mit 2 Wochen Wirbel-Diplomatie, was es aber wirklich braucht: Europas neue Sicherheitsarchitektur muss jetzt durchdacht & verhandelt verhandelt werden.
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
December 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Britons poorer than they were in 2019, as living standards continue to fall
Britons poorer than they were in 2019, as living standards continue to fall
The average person now has £38 less to spend each month after tax than they did at the end of 2024, following three consecutive quarters of falling UK living standards.
news.sky.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Qualitätsjournismus, der:
Nicht ~eine~ Frage zur Resilienz des Gesundheitssystem in Krise und Krieg. Slow clap.

www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
(S+) Gesundheitsministerin Nina Warken: »Ich möchte keinen Beliebtheitspreis gewinnen«
Krankenhäuser ächzen, Versicherungen werden immer teurer: Es knarzt im Gesundheitssystem. Hier sagt Ministerin Nina Warken, welche Härten jetzt kommen – und warum die Menschen seltener zum Arzt gehen ...
www.spiegel.de
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Perfect start to the week at Borough Market.
December 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Le rosbif est arrivé!
December 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sunday roast.
December 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A ringa-ding-ding.
December 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The American Right discovers factionalism. I’ll give it 2 years before a Sino-Soviet style split about who is the true revolutionary vanguard on the march towards real existing MAGAism.
Good to see the Times finally realizing the longstanding feuds and deep contradictions within the MAGA right.

It only took a decade…

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
Turning Point’s Annual Gathering Turns Into a Gripefest
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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War eine starke Jahresabschlussfolge des @ostausschuss.bsky.social
Mit @gloefflmann.bsky.social diskutieren @jcbehrends.bsky.social und @efdavies.bsky.social ob heutige "Realisten" noch in der Realität leben oder ob hier nur Informationskrieg für 🇷🇺 unter dem Deckmantel der Analyse geführt wird.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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New School “administrators have started to implement a plan to close, overhaul or merge about 30 academic programs or majors; pause nearly all admissions to doctoral programs; and offer buyouts or early retirement to what professors say is about 40 percent of the full-time faculty.”
Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Because so many rich, powerful and famous people are in them? Just a wild guess.
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It’s actually the Donald Trump Memorial Epstein Library, folks!
i knew it deep down 😌
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Und passend zum Thema unserer Folge, diese Meldung zur Einschätzung der US Geheimdienste über Putins strategische Ziele. Von wegen ‚beschränkte revisionistische Ziele’ wie man es diese Woche von einem Kollegen bei @ronzheimer.bsky.social im Podcast hören durfte. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
December 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM